Our culture emphasizes teamwork and an unqualified commitment to excellence and is a key reason for our success. T&K was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2015 among the most highly recognized law firms in the U.S.

Thompson & Knight is a growing Firm that recognizes the importance of hiring qualified lawyers, paralegals, and administrative professionals who can contribute to the growth of our practice and support our diverse client base. We are committed to the success of each employee and the impact they have on the future growth of Thompson & Knight.

Middle East

Thompson & Knight attorneys are actively engaged in the Middle East, including in Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Furthermore, Thompson & Knight offers on-the-ground support in the region through the Firm’s office in Algeria.

Our attorneys have represented public and private companies and host governments in a variety of matters in the Middle East, including oil and gas exploration and development, international investment, acquisitions and divestments, trades and mergers, privatization, strategic contract design and negotiation, tax planning, and dispute resolution.

Practice Contacts

Experience

Two of the Firm’s Partners were recently engaged by the U.S. government to conduct an internal program for 25 Iraqi oil and gas executives. The week-long program was focused on helping the Iraqis better understand how to do business with foreign investors.

We are currently representing Isramco with regard to the giant gas discoveries offshore Israel.

We have worked for several oil and gas service companies in Saudi Arabia as well as analyzed the gas contracts and related tender in the country.

In Kuwait, we have represented Kufpec, the international division of the Kuwait Petroleum Company, Kuwait Energy Company, and AREF in a variety of matters.

We have represented Occidental and other oil and gas companies in the UAE.

We have represented Hunt and other oil and gas companies in Yemen.

We represented Kuwait’s national oil company in the preparation and international roll-out of an enhanced engineering, procurement, and construction contract for upstream oil and gas production facilities.

We represented an Israeli energy company in preparing and negotiating a farm-out arrangement for offshore oil and gas producing properties in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa.

We represented Petrobras, the Brazilian state-owned oil company, in the business development of an oil and gas upstream onshore and offshore acquisition in Libya and Egypt.

We represented an oil rig drilling company in its establishment in Egypt, contract drafting and review, and legal procedure set-up process.

We represented the Brazilian Television Network regarding business development in Egypt and the Middle East.

We represented Remora, a U.S. company, in an oil and gas upstream and downstream acquisition in Egypt.

We represented First Citizen Bank as legal counselor on Islamic Law with regard to the establishment of Sharia finance regulations.

We represented KNOC, the Korean state-owned oil company, in an oil and gas offshore upstream acquisition as well as in drafting and reviewing the contract with its Ministry of Oil & Minerals in the Republic of Yemen.

We represented an audit committee in a Sarbanes-Oxley investigation involving conduct occurring in Iraq.

We represented a global oil company in an international arbitration for one of the largest of the claims (US$1.6 billion) arising out of the Iranian Claims Tribunal. The client was an owner in a large offshore producing field that was nationalized and pursued arbitration against the Government of Iran as a consequence of the Algerian Accords. The case was heard in The Hague and resulted in one of the largest awards in favor of a claimant granted by the Claims Tribunal.